Placement of Compost Bin
I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun?
The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. Thanks. |
Placement of Compost Bin
I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun?
The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. The compost will still rot down in the shade. It just rots faster if it is warmer. -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
Placement of Compost Bin
I was going to say that!
The Devil's Advocate I only set the stage, you pull your own strings Drakanthus wrote: :: I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in :: sun? :: The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall :: with no :: sun whatsoever. :: : : The compost will still rot down in the shade. It just rots faster if : it is warmer. |
Placement of Compost Bin
Ah, but also may dry out if in too much direct sunlight! (you can keep it
watered though. Also put the bin on the garden's soil so the worms can get in. Neil "The Devil's Advocate" wrote in message ... I was going to say that! The Devil's Advocate I only set the stage, you pull your own strings Drakanthus wrote: :: I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in :: sun? :: The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall :: with no :: sun whatsoever. :: : : The compost will still rot down in the shade. It just rots faster if : it is warmer. |
Placement of Compost Bin
In article ,
Adrian Jones wrote: I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun? The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. That is absolutely fine. It may not compost very fast in cold weather in the winter but, frankly, UK winter sun is so anaemic that it makes little difference. Open heaps are BETTER located in such positions, because they dry out less. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Placement of Compost Bin
Ah, but also may dry out if in too much direct sunlight! (you can keep it
watered though. Also put the bin on the garden's soil so the worms can get in. Neil I keep my compost watered and fed! Urine makes and excellent compost activator and its free - I'm not taking the **** either (or am I)! Why buy compost activators like "Garotta" when there is a free ample supply. Provided air can get to the compost it doesn't smell either. The urea in pee gives micro-organisms plenty of nitrogen to help them establish and gets the decomposition process off to a flying start. -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
Placement of Compost Bin
Dont forget a few buckets of Urine and that if you site it on soil you may
find Rats get in underneath "Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Adrian Jones wrote: I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun? The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. That is absolutely fine. It may not compost very fast in cold weather in the winter but, frankly, UK winter sun is so anaemic that it makes little difference. Open heaps are BETTER located in such positions, because they dry out less. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Placement of Compost Bin
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:58:13 +0100, Adrian Jones wrote:
I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun? The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. That's fine - the best place for compost bins is where plants would do badly! My compost heaps are alongside a north facing fence, in the east corner - so they are in the maximum shade position, leaving all the sunnier bits for my veg. Sarah |
Placement of Compost Bin
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 23:58:13 +0100, Adrian Jones wrote:
I've been given a plastic compost bin. Does it have to be placed in sun? The area I want to put it is in dense shade - against a north wall with no sun whatsoever. Site your compost bin for function, not looks. Keep in mind the old saw "out of sight, out of mind." Put it somewhere that is very convenient for you, perhaps quite close to the principal door of the house. Put it on or adjacent to a paved area if possible: that will come in handy when you are screening compost before putting it onto the garden. If you try to hide your bin. letting esthetics rule, you will find yourself not putting garden wastes into it, not watering it, not turning it. What, then, is the point? Though compost bins are not things of beauty, they are honest functional appurtenances, and you should have no shame about putting yours out in full view, if that's the most functional location. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Placement of Compost Bin
In article , Rodger Whitlock
writes If you try to hide your bin. letting esthetics rule, you will find yourself not putting garden wastes into it, not watering it, not turning it. I have to disagree with you there. Ours is as far from the house as we can make it and it is screened by shrubs and trees. We have a two tier system. In the garage we have a large bucket. Into this we put all our household vegetable waste. When it fills up we take it up to the compost heap. The system works very well. Besides the spousal unit wants some privacy when he activates it :))) -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com |
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